Heavy lifting and heart health: are veteran athletes at risk?
NCT ID NCT06684496
Summary
This study aims to understand if long-term weightlifting is linked to an enlarged aorta, a major heart blood vessel. Researchers will check the aorta size in 45 experienced weightlifters over age 35 using heart ultrasound scans. The goal is to gather information, not to test a treatment, and the study is currently suspended.
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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